STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT LIVINGSTON - IN PROBATE   IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JAMES E. WALTER, Deceased Case No.: 2025-PR-91   CLAIMS NOTICE You are hereby notified of the death of JAMES E. WALTER who died September 10th, 2025, a resident of Fairbury, Livingston County, Illinois. Letters of Office were issued on November 12, 2025, MICHELLE E. WIEGAND, Independent Executor, whose address is 55 Rickert Drive, Yardley, PA 19067 and whose attorney is William J. Gerber, of the Law Office of William J. Gerber, LLC, 210 W. Oak St., Fairbury, IL 61739. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before June 30th, 2026, with the office of the Livingston Count Circuit Clerk, 110 North Main Street, Pontiac, IL 61764, or claims may be filed with the Independent Executor, or both. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the clerk must be mailed or delivered by you to the executor and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed with proof of such mailing or delivery. E-filing is now mandatory for documents in civil cases with limited exemptions. To e-file, you must first create an account with an e-filing service provider. Visit http://efile.illinoiscourts.gov/service-providers.htm to learn more and to select a service provider. If you need additional help or have trouble e-filing, visit http://www.illinoiscourts.gov/FAQ/gethelp.asp, or talk with your local circuit clerk’s office.   DATED: 12/19/2025 MICHELLE E. WIEGAND, Executor   William J. Gerber, her attorney William J. Gerber Attorney at Law Law Office of William J. Gerber, LLC 210 West Oak Street Fairbury, IL 61739 Telephone: 815.692.2224 Facsimile: 815.692.8227 Email: will@Gerberlaw.net ARDC: 6303375 6112-962851